2026 TASP Fall Convention Hub

 Boots on the Ground: Supporting All Students

November 5-7, 2026 I Denton, TX

Thursday, November 5th

8:00am-4:00pm:

PC1: Beyond Self Care Preventing Secondary Trauma & Burnout: The CE-CERT Model; Dr. Michael Gomez

PC2: Brave Spaces: Equipping Teams for Challenging Conversations; Dr. Nicole Price

5:00pm-7:30pm:

KN: Strengths-Based Practices; Dr. Byron McClure

Friday, November 6th

8:00am-11:15am:

FS1: Understanding Masking in Females with Autism: Clinical and Educational Perspectives; Dr. Adrianna Chaparro

FS2: Embracing Modern Media: Integrating Movies, Games, Anime, & Graphic Novels into Therapeutic Practice; Rene Hernandez

FS3: Single-Session Thinking in Schools: Expanding the Toolbox for School-Based Mental Health Professionals; Dr. Healy

FS4: Best Practices in working with Non-Speaking Students; Landon Brown

FS5: Strengths-Based Assessment Using AI; Dr. Byron McClure

FS6: Identities and Advocacy for Early Career Practitioners & Graduate Students; Jade Miller

1:00pm-4:15pm Breakout Sessions:

FS7: Seeing Beneath the Surface: Understanding Emotional Disability Criteria with Clarity; Dr. Nicole Price

FS8: Family Experience Panel

FS9: Social Justice; Dr. Tiffany Phillips

FS10: Brave New World: Future of School Psychology Ethics

1:00pm-2:30pm Mini Skills Sessions:

MS1: The BASC-4; Pearson Assessments

MS2: TBD

2:45pm-4:15pm Mini Skills Sessions:

MS3: Beyond Language: Using Nonverbal Cognitive Assessment to Reveal True Ability; Riverside Assessments

MS4: TBD

Saturday, November 7th

8:30am-11:45am:

FS11: Manifestation Determination Reviews; Andrea Gulley

FS12: Graduate Student Session; Alex Byrd

FS13: Trainers of School Psychology Session; Dr. Daniel McCleary

FS14: Beyond Defiance - A Practical Framework for Understanding Emotional Dysregulation in Young Children With ADHD; Andrea Higgins

FS15: Peeling Back the Layers: Applying Exclusionary Factors in Bilingual Evaluations; Carmen Pacini & Carmen Needham